Denver Meadows RV Park Residents Claim Small Win in Fight for Their Homes

Left: Alberto Chichar has lived at Denver Meadows for eight years. Right: Nancy Flores, who purchased her home in March 2016, showing a letter she received from Denver Meadows that explains its intent to sell the property.

On Monday, July 11, Aurora City Council tabled a measure that would have allowed Denver Meadows RV Park owner Shawn Lustigman to sell the twenty-acre plot of land between Interstate 225 and Colfax Avenue – which happens to be by the light-rail tracks of the R Line, set to open later this year – and effectively displace the RV park's residents, many of whom are Latino and low-income.

Residents of Denver Meadows RV Park celebrating in the lobby after a victory; on Monday, July 11, the Aurora City Council postponed a vote that would rezone the property and leave many residents homeless.